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 1. Glass is collected from kerbsides
or from drop off points.
2. The glass is transported to the processing plant where contaminants such as metal caps and plastic sleeves are removed.
3. The glass is then crushed and is now called "cullet". It is ready to be transported to the glass factories.
4. At the glass factory, the cullet is mixed with other raw materials used to make glass (sand, limestone and
soda ash) and fed into a furnace where they are heated to around 1200ºC. The amount of cullet in the furnace depends on the availability of cullet of the right colour and quality.
5. The molten glass is moulded into new bottles and jars.
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